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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: rights and responsibilities
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.224910.16264@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1992Nov20.155459.6850@nas.nasa.gov> <adams.722279227@spssig> <1992Nov20.185114.27858@uswmrg.mrg.uswest.com.mrg.uswest.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:49:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.185114.27858@uswmrg.mrg.uswest.com.mrg.uswest.com> steve@uswmrg.mrg.uswest.com (Steven Martin) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov20.155459.6850@nas.nasa.gov> Dan King,
- >dking@raul.nas.nasa.gov writes:
- >>>Sure, sex may be fun, but be prepared to deal with all that it entails
- >>>No Sex is Safe Sex.
- >>>Everybody knows that there isn't any condom that guarantees no pregnancy
- >>>will result. And they don't prevent the horrible diseases that can
- >>>result from sex, either.
- >>
- >>Then don't have sex. Some of us feel the rewards from sex are
- >>worth the risk. Some of us are willing to leave our houses
- >>knowing that it could result in harm, but knowing the reward
- >>is worth the risk. If you feel safer staying in your house
- >>and avoiding all outside risk, hey I would never pass legislation
- >>forcing you to leave your house.
- >
- >I'm sorry, what risk are you referring to? Since you feel no
- >responsibility towards an unborn child and you can talk so callously
- >about killing such an infant, it is apparent that you aren't taking
- >any risks at all.
-
- Let me see if I've got this straight: abortion is wrong, because it's
- legal, and, in your humble opinion, some people exercise their fundamental
- reproductive rights "callously" [sic]? If I ate an ice cream cone, legally,
- and "callously", would you consider that morally wrong also?
-
- >Unless you mean the risk of having to pay for someone elses abortion!
-
- Sorry, wrong planet.
-
- >I guess I hadn't realized that I had become so out of touch and that
- >I wasn't aware that so many people are using abortion as casual
- >birth control. Naturally if you don't have even the morals to consider
- >that you may be killing another human being, then you won't feel much
- >compelled to consider taking responsible action to keep the pregnancy
- >from happening in the first place.
- >
- >Thank you for making me aware how morally low people in this nation
- >have sunk. I think I have just become much clearer in my stance on
- >abortion.
-
- Fine. Then don't have one.
-
- >Elizabeth, don't let these hypocrites twist your thoughts about the
- >subject. It is refreshing to find young people who use their brains
- >rather than their genitals to make important decisions in their lives.
-
- Whatever organ they use to do it, at least THEY are making their own
- decisions, instead of having Big Brother make the decision for them through
- restrictive legislation.
-
- - Kevin
-